Canister or container



May 29, 1934-. Q s ANDREWS 1,960,237

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CANI STER OR CONTAINER Filed July 25. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Qnuemfoz I [flaw 0e J1 final rears Patented May 29, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE The present invention relates to canisters employed for packing, shipping and storing merchandise of certain kinds, for example, ice cream, frozen fruit, vegetables, and other perishable produce.

The primary object of the invention is to produce an eflicient container which may be manufactured, assembled or set up and packed at minimum cost.

Another object is to provide an improved container which can be easily handled and stored in the smallest possible space.

Still another object is to provide a container which is not weakened or affected by wet floors and dampness prevalent in the manufacture and handling of ice cream.

In the manufacture of ice cream the container goes through the packing and all the preliminary freezing and hardening operations. The container must therefore be constructed to stand up under severe moisture and freezing conditions. Furthermore, the ice cream is usually shipped in and dispensed from these containers and the rough handling to which they are subjected requires a container of great strength and rigidity.

Heretofore, ice cream 'has usually been frozen and transported in and then dispensed from cans composed mainly of sheet metal. The present improved container is designed to better meet the peculiar requirements arising in the manufacture, packing, handling and dispensing of frozen merchandise. The improved container is composed of a fiber or tough paperboard which is rendered waterproof by treatment with a substance or composition that will not in any way contaminate the contents of the container so as to render it unfit or distasteful for human consumption. The board comprising the container is sufliciently tough and strong to withstand hard use to which containers are subjected.

In a preferred form the improved container is given a conical or tapered shape to permit nesting together of the set up containers. It will be understood, however, that the invention hereinafter described may be wholly or in part applied to other forms of containers, either cylindrical or polygonal in shape.

One embodiment of the invention will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein' Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved container having a truncated conical or tapered shape;

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing the bottom of the container with the inner bottom disc removed;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal section showing the bottom structure of the container;

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the improved container;

Figure 5 is a plan view of a segmental shaped blank employed in the construction of the conical or tapered shaped container body;

Figures 6 and 7 show discs which form a double bottom for the container; and

Figure 8 shows a cover suitable for closing the top of the container.

Referring to the drawings, the body 1 of the 70 container is formed from a single blank A. The side edge 2 is secured to the opposite side edge 3 by suitable means, as by stitching or staples 4.

'The blank when so joined together forms a trunshort tangents and thus the longitudinal fold lines form substantially a smooth and almost perfect circle.

The top edge '7 of the blank A may be crinkled so as to reduce the diameter of the top of the tapered body whereby the cover 8 will closely fit the top of the container to efiectually close the same. The cover may be of any conventional form. The cover shown in Fig. 8 comprises a metal band 9 having a crimped edge 10 which forms a retaining seat for the disc 11.

The bottom of the container is formed from the inner and outer discs 12 and 13. The outer bottom piece or disc 12 is secured to the intumed portions 5 and to the body 1 by a series of sturdy staples 14. The inner disc 13 is placed inside the body 1 where it rests on top of the inturned portions 5, providing additional reinforcement for the bottom. The staples 14 in effect form a continuous reinforcing rim for the bottom of the container.

The container is shown in the set up condition in Figure 1. When assembling the several component parts of the container, the body blank is first secured in tubular form. The fingers 5 are folded inwardly so as to form a substantially continuous flange. The outer disc or bottom piece 12 is then seated against the intumed flange portion 5 and is secured to the bottom corner edge of the tubular body by means of the staples 14.

It will be noted that the staples operate as claws, one part gripping the body portion and another part gripping the inturned portion 5 of the body and the bottom piece 12 so as to draw the bottom corner edge of the body and the edge of the disc 12 tightly together and thus provide a joint which will be sufliciently tight for practical purposes. The staples 14 form an annular binding and thereby reinforce the bottom edge of the container and also serve to build up an edge depending below the bottom piece 12 which is thereby kept out of contact with wet and moist floors or surfaces on which the container rests.

The improved container is preferably of a tapered shape so that they may be conveniently nested together and packed within the smallest possible space. In the case of ice cream containers the bottom thereof must often rest on wet surfaces which tends to weaken the bottom. In ice cream containers of the five gallon type, the weight of the ice cream combined with the rough handling to which they are subjected, places an unusual strain on the bottom of the container. The bottom of my container is formed from outer and inner discs which are designed to carry unusual loads. The inner disc 13 tightly fits the bottomend of the tapered container and tends to distribute the weight. The outer disc 12 is secured to the inturned tabs 5 of the tapered body and to the side wall 1 thereof by claw-like staples. This form of fastening means performs a double function, one of which is to secure the bottom together and the other is to provide an annular reinforced edge around the bottom of the container. The container rests on the annulus so formed, thereby raising the bottom disc 12 of the container so that it does not come in direct contact with the wet surface on which the container may stand.

Various modifications may be madein carrying out the details of the invention hereinbefore described and it is to be understood that any modification coming fairly within the terms of the appended claims shall be covered thereby.

I claim:

l. A container for ice cream and the like comprising, a tubular body member, a portion at one I end of said body member extending inwardly, a

bottom piece seated against said inwardly extending portion, and a plurality of strong supporting staples arranged in spaced relationship around said end, said staples each having a part which grips the body member of the container and a part which grips the inturned portion and the bottom piece of the container to bind and hold the same in set up condition, said staples being positioned so as to form a substantially continuous reinforcing rim surrounding the bottom comer edge of the container.

2. A container for ice cream and the like comprising, a tubular body member, inwardly extending portions at one end of said body memher, a bottom piece seated against said inwardly extending portions, and a plurality of heavy staples arranged in spaced realtionship around said end, said staples each having a part which extends upwardly along the body member and grips the same a spaced distance from the end thereof, said staples also having a part which extends under the bottom of the container and grips the inturned portions and the bottom piece thereof, said staples being positioned so as to form a substantially continuous reinforcing rim surrounding the bottom corner edge of the container.

3. A container for ice cream and the like comprising, a conical body member, inwardly extending portions at one end of saidbody member, a bottom piece seated against said inwardly extending portions, and a reinforcing and securing rim extending around said end, said rim having an upwardly extending part and an inwardly extending seating part, said upwardly extending part being positioned against said body member and secured thereto, said seating part extending under the container and secured to the inturned portions and the bottom piece thereof, said rim being substantially continuous around the bottom corner edge of the container.

4. A container of the character described comprising, a conical body member, inwardly extending portions at one end of said body member, a bottom piece seated against said inwardly extending portions, and a reinforcing and securing rim extending around said end, said rim having an upwardly extending partand an inwardly extending seating part, said upwardly extending part being positioned against said body member, means on said upwardly extending part securing said body member thereto, said seating part extending under the container, the seating part having means which secure the inturned portions and the bottom piece of the container together, said rim being substantially continuous around the bottom corner edge of the container.

5. A container of the character described comprising, a conical body member, inwardly extending tab portions at one end of said body member, a bottom piece seated against said inwardly extending portions, and a reinforcing and securing rim extending around said end, said rim having an upwardly extending part and an inwardly extending seating part, said upwardly extending part being positioned against said body member, means on said upwardly extending part securing said body member thereto, said seating part extending under the container, the seating part having means which secure the inturned portion and the bottom piece of the container together, and an inside disc of sufficient size to cover the exposed parts of the rim which extend into the container to protect'the contents from contact therewith.

CHAMPE S. ANDREWS. 

